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- PMT (Payment)
- Calculates payments given the interest rate, number of periods, preset value, future value, and type of payment.
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- Format: PMT (rate,nper,pv{, fv}{, type})
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- Arguments:
- ΓÇó rate: Interest rate per period.
- ΓÇó nper: Number of periods.
- ΓÇó pv: Present value of the investment.
- ΓÇó fv: Optional. Future value of the investment or cash value remaining after final payment. If omitted, assumed to be 0.
- ΓÇó type: Optional. Type of payment scheme. (0 or 1; preset to 0, which means payments are due at the end of the period.)
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- Example:
- PMT (10%/12,36,10000,0) returns -£322.67 (when using the Currency format; 10/12 is a 10% rate over 12 months).
- Shows that a £12,000 purchase minus a £2,000 down payment over 36 months at a 10% interest rate requires monthly payments of £322.67.